A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

Love not only occupies the higher lobes of the brain, but crowds out the lower to make room for its expansion.

Be careful never to retire to rest in a room not properly ventilated.

The most formidable attribute of temptation is its increasing power, its accelerating ratio of velocity. Every act of repetition increases power, diminishes resistance. It is like the letting out of waters-where a drop can go, a river can go. Whoever yields to temptation, subjects himself to the law of falling bodies.

When the panting and thirsting soul first drinks the delicious waters of truth, when the moral and intellectual tastes and desires first seize the fragrant fruits that flourish in the garden of knowledge, then does the child catch a glimpse and foretaste of heaven.